Candle Holder 14K Gold Rim Flowers Golden Crown E&R 1886 West Germany Gerold Porzellan

Golden Crown E&R 1886 West Germany Gerold Porzellan
Immediately after WW2, in what was to become West Germany was partitioned into the British, French and U.S. Zones of Occupation. The U.S. Zone included southern Germany including the area known as Tettau, Bavaria where Gerold Porzellan was produced. The Americans often guaranteed the purchase of the whole production run of certain manufactured goods from German factories because the German manufacturers sold a great deal of their products to Allied servicemen who were based in Germany, many of whom had their families living with them. Along with other manufactured goods in that region, manufacturers had the country of origin mark as "US Zone Germany" until the early fifties when the Allies ceased being armies of occupation and then the marks became "Made in Western Germany".

E&R is TEbeling and Reuss Importers located in Pennsylvania, which is still in business today.

The mark on the bottom of this candle holder was used from 1949 – 1989.

"With the founding of the German Democratic Republic in October 1949, the new East German Government started to instruct companies to replace the capitalist marking 'Made in Germany' with 'Made in GDR' or 'Made in German Democratic Republic'. The West German manufacturers took up the challenge and started to mark their products with 'Made in W. Germany' or 'Made in West Germany', distancing themselves from the now state owned companies of the GDR. After the fall of the Wall in November of 1989 and the official German reunification on October 3rd 1990, all companies instantly used 'Made in Germany' again. The exact proceedings had been formed into a law by the West German Government some time before. Therefore you can be sure that a product marked 'Made in West Germany' or 'Made in German Democratic Republic' can only gave been made between 1950 and 1990. On the other hand one should hold in mind that some East German companies continued to use 'Made in Germany' even after the founding of the German Democratic Republic; some even used it up until 1972. so an item claimed to have been made before 1949 could also have been made much later, a dating is only possible when knowing more about the marking procedures of the company." Source:

Therefore, the Gerold's that have "Made in Germany" were manufactured from between 1937 and October 1949, while the marks, "Made in Western Germany" and "Made in W. Germany" were used after the founding of the German Democratic Republic (October 1949) and used through October 1989.

Gerold's that are marked, "Gerold & Co" were used for exporting into communist countries as all West German products were banned. Many companies used this tactic to get around the bans.

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